In the constantly-contradicting world of tabloid journalism, is anyone reliable? We analyzed 20 months of reported break-ups, marriages, and pregnancies to tabulate our first-ever Tabloid Reality Index, batting averages for America's five major celebrity glossies and the rumors they monger.

In your wide-ranging Tuesday media column: HuffPo lashes out at an unpaid former writer, NBC's worth revealed, Reuters wants to be like us, and Jay Rosen tells a story.

Those US soldiers in Afghanistan accused of murdering Afghan civilians "for sport," which the Guardian first reported weeks ago? It took some time for US media to pick up on the story, but a leaked video confession has surfaced.

Veteran media reporter Jeff Bercovici is leaving AOL's Daily Finance to join Forbes. Spin, carousel!

Verlyn Klinkenborg writes for the New York Times editorial page and is absolutely unbearable. He writes twee musings about his farm. In the world's greatest newspaper. Two years ago, I asked him to stop. Instead, he's gotten worse than ever.

In your soggy Monday media column: the HuffPo unpaid writer revolt begins, the New Yorker's on the iPad, a CNN anchor admits he was molested, Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck are hated and loved, and John Koblin leaves the NYO.

Watch your back, Democracy: "More people are getting their news about the upcoming election from cable television than any other source." Are more people voluntarily staring directly into the sun nowadays, too? It would only make sense, behaviorally.

Forbes has gotten lots of attention for its new editorial plan: with True/ Slant's Lewis Dvorkin in charge, Forbes is flooding its site with blogs from both staffers and outsiders. And, it turns out, from advertisers. Ripoff—for the advertisers.

Comcast said today it will replace outgoing NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker with Comcast COO Stephen Burke, when Zucker leaves at the end of the year. Comcast hopes Burke will lead NBC into "a new era of growth." [Bloomberg]

In your finally Friday media column: CEO tells reporters to give his kid some gigs, Jon Klein got shot, the third media exec of the day falls, and Joe Halderman will skip the Emmys.

Jeff Zucker and Jon Klein: gone. Who's next? David Westin, re-resigning in sympathy? You guess!

After a long period of speculation, incompetent NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker finally announced today that he'll be leaving once Comcast's takeover of NBC is complete. He won't be missed. He'll be running for office soon. Mawkish goodbye memo, below.

This morning, Scott Jones, the TV blogger who broke the news of Jay Leno's return to the Tonight Show, reported that CNN president Jon Klein will "be fired" today. Well—he just forwarded us Klein's farewell memo. It's below. [UPDATED]

Here's how politics work in Russia: be as corrupt as you want, as long as you keep your mouth shut; but criticize those above you, and they'll use their media lackeys to crush you. Just like America, in other words.

The bankrupt Philly papers have been sold to senior lenders for $105 million. Renaissance time!

We hear from multiple sources that Orla Healy, the legendarily-disliked features editor at the New York Daily News, has been let go. Since Martin Dunn left the paper, Healy's clock has been ticking. Time's up. We hear. [UPDATED below].

In your scaremongering Thursday media column: Nat Geo sells out to the Muslims, Hearst's outside-the-box new program gives employees "money," the NYT Co. expects people to pay to read the Boston Globe, and Bill Keller is a put-down artist.

Ho hum, former Washington Post editor (and current WaPo exec) Leonard Downie gave a big speech in London last night condemning online aggregators as "parasites" and criticizing the blogosphere. Can I fly to London and re-enact 2005, too? Pretty please?

Contrary to earlier reports, Michael Eisner says it's "unlikely" he'll become Tribune CEO. Lie? Maybe.

In your celebratory Wednesday media column: newspapers still find admirers, Michael Lewis' J-school turnaround, the NYT's a popular target of politicos, Christine O'Donnell gives up on national media, and John Cook's back.